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January 26, 2000
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Disney Channel’s original movie,
The Color o f Friendship, is an
inspiring and hopeful story that
addresses the issues of race relations
and tolerance through the friendship
of two teenage girls.
C ongressm an Ron D ellum s
returns home from work one day in
May 1977 to yet another display by
his children, 13-year-old Piper and
her younger brothers Brandy and
Erik.
Determined that their father
should agree to host an exchange
student from South Africa, they’ve
dressed up in native African dress
and play stirring recordings of
African drum music. On this night,
they are in for a surprise. The
C ongressm an agrees to their
request.
As the family excitedly prepares
for their guest, on the other side of
the world Mahree, a young South
African girl, convinces her father to
let her study in America for a term.
She, too, excitedly looks forward to
the experience, but a surprise awaits
all, for Congressman Dellums and
his family are black, while Mahree
The Color of Friendship
The Color o f Friendship, based on actual events, is an inspiring and
hopeful story that addresses the issues o f race relations and tolerance.
In 1977, African American Congressman Ron V. Dellums and his
family opened their home to a South African exchange student.
Expecting a student o f color, they are surprised when a white South
African arrives, but no more so than the girl, a product o f the
Apartheid system who views black people as second-class citizens. The
situation challenges them all with valuable lessons about racism and
tolerance. The Color o f Friendship world premieres on Disney
Channel Saturday, February 5, 7:30p.m. ET/PT.
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As she gets ready for her trip, it is
clear that more than continents and
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‘Late Show’ thrives as Letterman recuperates
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David Letterman can recuperate
with a smile: Hejust scored his first
weekly ratings victory against Jay
Leno in nearly five years.
The CBS “ Late Show ” host
underwent emergency heart surgery
on Jan. 14, two days after his much-
anticipated interview with Hillary
Rodham Clinton. The show earned
Letterman his biggest audience
since 1994.
The show may bring in guest hosts
during Letterman’s absence, said
executive producer Rob Burnett.
Already, he’s been flooded with
offers from people including
Howard Stem and Regis Philbin, to
whom Letterman revealed his heart
problems on the air last week.
“We have a million ideas,” Burnett
said.
Letterman hadn’t beaten Leno, host
of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” in the
ratings with first-run programming
since the week o f May 22, 1995.
Letterman’s average audience last
week was 5.9 million to Leno’s 5.8
million.
The victory was driven almost
en tirely by M rs. C lin to n ’s
appearance, which drew 11.2
million viewers.
Letterman’s staff made a special
point o f noting that Mrs.
Clinton’s guest shot drew
higher ratings than Leno’s first
post-arrest interv iew w ith actor
Hugh Grant. The 1995 Grant
interview cemented NBC’s
late-night dominance for the
last half of the 1990s.
At first, CBS said it would run
“Late Show” reruns during
Letterman’s absence. That’s
what the network has done this
week, and next week the show
airs the best of its “on the road”
broadcasts
from
San
Francisco, Los Angeles,
M iam i,
London
and
Indianapolis.
After that, CBS is considering
several options, including
more reruns, guest hosts and a
mix of repeats with some live
celebrity cameos.
Burnett said he has talked to
Letterman frequently since his
surgery, but not about the
show. It was unclear when
Letterman will return to work.
“Obviously we can’t make
these huge decisions without
him, but it’s still too early to go to
him with questions about it,” Burnett
said.
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Happy 92nd Birthday Mom!
Pearlie Paden was bom January
15, 1908 in Rosston, Arkansas.
Pearlie m arried Adie J. Paden
and to th is u nion th ey w ere
b le s s e d w ith six c h ild re n ,
Leonard, Geneva, Grace, Jewel,
Lorene and Charlie. Pearlie and
her husband having lived in Ar
kansas for over 80 years moved
to Portland in 1997. Pearlie cel
ebrated her 92nd birthday with
a suprise party given by her chil
dren Saturday at Izz y ’s. The
children and grandchildren wish
her a very blessed and happy
birthday.
We love you mom